MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Hamilton College battled to a 6-5 win in eight innings in Game 1 and the Continentals earned a split in their NESCAC West Division doubleheader against the Wesleyan University Cardinals at Wesleyan's Dresser Diamond on Saturday, March 29.
Season Update
- Hamilton (9-7, 1-2 NESCAC West) has played 16 contests in the last 15 days.
- The Cardinals (7-9, 2-1) bounced back with a 3-2 victory in Game 2. Wesleyan also won 6-3 on March 28.
Game 1
How It Happened
- Hamilton owned a 2-0 lead after scoring runs in the first and second innings, but the Cardinals evened the score with two runs in the bottom of the second.
- The Continentals extended their scoring streak with a run in the third inning, sparked by a leadoff walk by Michael Tallarida '26 and a single to left by Gianni DiCerbo '27. Lucas Herman '26 delivered a run-scoring single to right field that gave Hamilton a 3-2 lead.
- The Cardinals answered with three runs in the bottom half and moved ahead 5-3.
- Hamilton scored two runs in the fifth inning. Greg Kopp '25 led off with a walk and came around to score when DiCerbo hammered a double to the gap in left-center field. With one out, Henry Boehm '25 advanced DiCerbo to third with an infield single, and Louis Friedrich '28 tied the score with a sacrifice fly to left field.
- After scoreless sixth and seventh innings, Hamilton found the game-winning run in the eighth. Chester Boynton '27 drew a one-out walk, stole second and advanced to third on the throw. Kopp delivered a clutch single through the right side that brought Boynton home for the 6-5 edge.
Notes
- Boynton helped Hamilton at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a single, double, and two walks. He scored two runs and stole a base.
- DiCerbo posted a career-high three hits, including his second double of the season.
- Herman notched his eighth RBI of the season.
- Tallarida reached base three times on two walks and a hit by pitch.
- Eddie Taylor '25 (1-1) tossed 5.1 scoreless innings of relief for the win. Taylor surrendered only four hits and struck out five batters.
- Connor Sullivan and Jack Carpenter batted in two runs apiece for the Cardinals.
- Marcus Jang tallied two hits.
Game 2
How It Happened
- The Continentals took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. After Righter walked with one out, Tallarida followed with a double to left field and Hamilton had two runners in scoring position. Kopp brought Righter across with a sacrifice fly to center and DiCerbo drove in Tallarida with a single to the gap in left-center field.
- The Cardinals left the bases loaded in the bottom of the first but responded with three runs in the second inning for the 3-2 edge.
- Hamilton put one runner in scoring position over the last five innings. Jeremy Diaz '27 smacked a one-out double in the fifth but the next two batters struck out and flied out.
Notes
- Seven of Tallarida's 15 hits this season have been doubles.
- Diaz ripped his second career double.
- Kopp drove in his 13th run of the season.
- DiCerbo is on a five-game hit streak.
- Hamilton's Henry Tyler '25 struck out three batters and allowed one hit over three scoreless innings of relief.
- Jang contributed a double for the Cardinals.
- Jake Acker and Jonah Timmons each drove in a run with singles.
- David Tirrell (2-1) gave up two runs on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts in a complete-game performance.
Next Game
Hamilton hosts SUNY Oneonta (11-6-1) for a non-conference, midweek contest at Loop Road Athletic Complex on Tuesday, April 1 at 4 p.m.